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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
THE posToFFICE.
The Annual Report, Showing Receipts
and Expenditures.

The Annual Report, Showing Receipts
and Expenditures.
WASHINGTON, Nov 5.--Accordingto the
report Of Daniel McConnvillc, auditor for
the postoficc department, tho aggregate
receipts were S4S,S37, COS, the chief sources
OF which We're: Postage stamps, stamped
envelopes, wrappers and postal cards,
S45, $40, $685. box rents and branch offices,
s., 1885, 400; revenue from money order
business, S7l9, $50.
The aggregate expenditure was So, 39l, =
676, the principal items OF which are the
following:
Compensation Of postmasters, Sill ,920, e
4Sl; compensation OF clerks for postolliccs,
$3.50, Sl2; compensation of letter carriers
and incidentals, SUISSE; inland mail,
railroad transportation, Sll, 707 ,2Sl; in
land mail, star routes, $5,llS,640; trans
portation OF postal car, Sl,7l3,33 COM
pcnsation OF railway postoilicc clerks,
1905, ISL; excess OF expenditures over all
revenues, S}554,06S.
The excess Of expenditures over all rev.
enucs in 1856 was $3.50, 1870. The same
for the year 1885 was 81, 7JG,3i4.
The total number OF domestic money
orders issued during the fiscal year was
9,232, l77, aggrcgting Sll7, lG2, $50. The
number OF postal notes issued was 6,3O7,
552, amounting to Sll ,76S, S2i. The num-
Der OF foreign money orders issued was
Glj,305, amounting to ~, 03j, $50. The
number Of domestic money orders paid
WAS o, 1862, amounting 10 SIG, iO6, 800.
The number Of postal notes paid was
6,2Oi, I53, amounting to 81 ,572, nSl. The
number Of foreign orders paid was 222, l22,
amounting to Si,0lS,703.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
A REIGN OF TERROR.
The Depredations of Mexican Bandits
The Military Called.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Nov. GA reign
OF terror exists in the up river border
counties, between Edinburg and Roma,
the result oi the shocking deprcdations Of
Mexican bandits. Since the abduction OF
Senior Banm, whose friends had 10 pay
81, 500 ransom, almost every merchant has
received threatening Letters ordering pay
mcnt OF heavy sums on penalty of alb
duction and torture. The wealthy never
travel without Il heavy guard. The border
sheriils, who are poorly paid, are doing
what they can, with their deputies, Ia
hunt the robbers down, and small force
OF rangers has been sent by GOV. Ross to
Rio Grindc City, but il is feared that the
whole force il not strong enough to round
the bandits up in such u long extent Of
wild bottom and wooded country. Dis
trct Judge j. G. Russell, who is large
ranch owner in Starrcounty, acknowledged
that the civil authorities were unable to
cope with the matter. In the meantime
the bandits are continuing their work. On
Monday. at high noon, they entered the
| Havana ranch, in llidalgO county, u place
| oi about 500 inhabitants, surrounded the
storr OF Magdilcno Flores, drove the Occu-
pants out aud robbed Tive place al every
lit OF goods il contained. They then tore
| off the doors. smashed the windows and
| threatened Ia return and sick and burn
| every house in the place. The band
numbered twcnty-One men. The day
before another party Of bandits,
about twenty strong, attacked the Atlasuscl
ranch, on the San Juan river, atcw' Miles
above Camargo, Mexico, and sacked the
place, abusing the people. They weru
pursued by Mexican cavalry, under Capt.
| lamadrido, and Plasuclas, n leader, and
another bandit secured. Plasuclas was
executed ut Camargo yesterday morning,
and the other will suffer the same fate.
lamadrido, an active officer, has al his
command all the men that he wants, and
gets a step in rank for every bandit capt
urcd. President Diaz has ordered that
the scyercst measures bc used a. put down
bandtagr on the border, and Gen. Nrlain,
in command OF this military district, Is
anxious to cooperate with the American
authorities and drive out and eliminate
these pests. The State authorities Of
1amaniplas are very lukewarm. Their
party newspapers openly attack Nclain Tor
causing the arrest OF L0renzo Ncla, noted
bandit, and the murderer Of Sheriff Mar
tin, of Starr county, who was sent 10 the
fortress Of san Juan de Ulloa at Vera
Crncz, and are trying Ia excite sentiment
among the people in favor Of the wrctclc,
and against the party of law and order.
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ing the church, and power of Congress to
annul 1t is affirmed. The court concluded
it sufficiently appears that the corporation
has in its possession real property in value
exceeding 500, OO0, the limit fixed by act
OF Congress OF 1862, and that portion OF
1t is not building or grounds appurte-
nant thereto held Tor the purpose of the
worship OF God, or parsonnges connected
Herewith, or burial ground, and that the
title to large portion OF the same property
was acquired subsequently to the time the
act OF 1850 took nflrrt
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WnshInuIon'. InnnguraiIon.

NEW NoER, Nov. IA meeting Of ciii-
zcns OF New York will be- held ON Thurs
day next TO take preliminary steps look
ing 10 the centennial celebration here, in
1850. Of the Inauguration OF George Wash.
ington ~ first President Of the United
states. The call for the meeting embraces
over 100 names Of the most prominent
citizens Of New York, and Il is proposed
to make this celebration the grandust Of all
the centennial events which have &C.
cured. II will be national In It's char
uctpr
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A erca, Enrii,n Tenor Coming.

CfNcISNATI, o., Nov 5.-Iho Cincin-
nnli musical festival association has en-.
gagged the great English tenor Lloyd for
the centennial May musical festival IN be-
held here in MAY next. MIR. Lloyd comes
under a contract which provides that he
shall sing nowhere elsc in the United
states or Canada during his absence from
England. Mr.. Lloyd Is the son Of Richard
Lloyd, who was chorister oi Westminster
abbey. lie has been for several year- the
lcading tenor OF the great English festivals.
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River kilograms.

WHEELING. W. Va, Nor. 6.--Noon-Rivcr ~
inches aud falling.
PtTrsBURG, Ia, Nov. 5.--Noon-Rycf station
AIRY clear aud pleasant
CtNCtNNA1i, O., Nov. S.=No0n-Rlycf feet
oinchcs ana stationary. Clear thermometer ~.
NiCKsBuRG, Mis-, -Nighi-Affiycd ttiy
Of Nicksburg 81 Louis she returns tonight
Passed down Choloau and Wyoming. River tall
inr.
LOUISVILLE, Nv, Nov b.-Noon-RiScr rising,
eject Inches Ia the canal and inches on the
ialls Arrived llihvfuia. Kentucky flNcf oclW1
am. Clear and plensant kiRht=kiter feing
slowly. with iect 10 inches In the canal ahl
inrhes on the TAILS Clear and cool.
CAIRO, ~ Nov k-Noon-No arrivals or de.
taftuncs. River feet inches aud rising smokey
and cool. Night -AriyCd iafs q Bfuwn New
orleans. aucimk pm Sidney Dillon, ~ lnul'
O'Clock pm River feet incnts aud stationary
Cool
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LEPRoSY.
Two Cases In Philadelphia Doctor's
Contumacious Attitude.

Two Cases In Philadelphia Doctor's
Contumacious Attitude.
New York, Nov ga Philadelphia
special says: ''Thc board Of health has
discovered that two well developed eases
Of leprosy exist in the city, but owing to
the obstinancy Of DIR. Van Harrington, q
German physician, they cannot be located.
At meeting OF the board Of health ON
Tuesday, the health officer, DIR. Ford,
stated that two lepers had been smugglcd
into the city, and that the disease was
dangerously contagious lie requested the
bnarl 10 search for them and have them
removed TO an isolated place. After some
discussion. il WIS decided 10 place them in
the municipal hospital, on the old Lamb
Tavern road. The members Of the board
requested the representatives 81 the press
present at the meeting 10 suppress the
lact that there were any lepers in the city
until they could be found and placed where
they could do no harm. After diligcnt
search, the health officer discovered that
the lcpcrs are under the care Of DIR. Van
Harrington, who claims 10 be n specialist ia
skin diseases. When the health officers
visited him today he was emphatic in his
refusal to give them any information about
the lcpcrs, and said that he lid not con.
slider Il any ones business lie WIS told
that the visit was m official one, and that
immediate steps would be taken 10 com
pei him To disclose their hiding place.
Threats were 10 no purpose, and the ply
stefan refused 10 say where lac got the pa
ticnts, when they arrived or what his OBJ
jcct was in keeping them. Steps will be
taken 10 compel DIR. Van Harrington toturn
the lcpcrs over 20 the board Of health.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
rup OF Pigs

L. the delightful liquid laxative hnd the
only true remedy for habitual constipation
Inactive condition 81 the kidneys, liver aud
bowels. II h n pleasant remedy ~ take,
both 20 old and young. II Il gentle In ~
action and effective. II II acceptable 30 the
stomach and strengthens the organs on
which Il acts. Manufactured only by the
California Fig Syrup Company, San fmn.
cisco. Cal. For snlc IN ~ cent and u bottles
by n. !. Hester and all leading druggists
Van ylect a Co, q. w. Jones A Co, W. n.
Wilkerson a Co., J. J. Miles and y. Mans.
field a 60. have been appointed wholesale
agents at Memphis.
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"a ,n.,s. Tora,d ne,.iynn.

Nrw YoRK, Nov. O. -Archbishop CORR
gan today said there was no change in the
attitude Of the Catholic church toward
Dr. McGlynn, and the assertion that he
was about 10 bc restored to the priesthood
was Henry George campaignsiodge.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
Th., wilINo, Al. "a.

Those who once take Dr. risrce's Pleas
ant Purgntiyc Pellets" will never consent 70
use any other cathartic. They are pleasant
20 take and mild In their operation. Smaller
than ordinary pills and incloscd Ia glass
walls, virtues unimpaircd. by druggists.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
.DElSART 6 f STa%ss EXPRESSION

Mu Margaret wilshirr will receive pupils IN The
Dpisnris school Of expression aud clOCutun. i1th
The rafnuing student and the practical student
will h. satisfied fuf the convenience ~ pupils
who cannot attend During the day insinetiuns
will b. given IN the evening. FOR terms npply TO
NJ ImIln InAl. u MIumAnn'A
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
!. p.,,,,., ,or ,ns Mormon church.

SAT- LAHEsU. T., Nov. 5...'Ihc uiah
supreme court tonight, by unanimous
decision. decided TO appoint receiver Tor
the Mormon church property In excess Cd
Limit fixed 10y Congress in 1867. review
h made Of the territorial act Of incoporat-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
Probate Court snlo OF Real Estate.


No. iaj. RD.-In DE- lrilnir '1uH ut shelby
county, Tenn geDu. NaJIuan VI. James Iur
nrr Clements. en-
~ yirtue Of docn,, IT, Ne made aud entered In
this cnusn on Nuvouibef lvi w minute bnns ~
page 81, will soil At pU'I r aurion, lo The hEhed
bidder. In iruut IT tlr UIufl hnuso d"uf, on vain
street Memphis. Tenn. uu
saturday, November &C., ihsI'
within legal hour. the following Described real g.
Situated Ia the eoupty ~ shelby, State 81 Ten
ucsscc. lying and being boo ODE lahinF Di.uigt oi
said cOuniyfhcing lot Noe. l h,I =, w blEh W
90 the plan ~ the town 81 lHi l,A'iluk' .alh lpu
hnt ing frUnt each NJ twenty vul e'l .h ll' W.
eide III Fourth street AMI rnu.nf lark 70 ~ alley
McstwArily unc hundHl .Hnl N'N' hnn wv hhh
feet ii2is iegu. -,
Terms u sale. ons.hali ri,h and NE balance "
sls months. the pufrhuaf in 'h'l' ILL., y ,,n
approved security. and H wy. -. ,,,,,,,., y WI
The lnnd 10 Scum the uuiaIl pNi'N'-' h"u'@'
This, April ., iss5. ,r,.tpy r,c,l
by THos. n CnrsntAv pgruU ''rfh
ceofEc Elliott, SOL 10 tpm1S sun
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notioo Il hereby giNpr Tint VIII on "Wednesday,
Nov iG tEs7 at 10 oelo.s u., NJ The siofrhuusr 81
Me- auhy a Hfn. No - srHUud ktnot in Mem
PITTS iii NJ public atHi.Iu ~ highest bidder luf
oash the following pen uH' pfuistp ! Naifh ana
chain, flDo, bfces0h laInt fh"l fun' lfnnk'
ynllaia oyennnat 4 rlulH u,rfruai, l lot ~ -
lasoka, Iain studs lhnt u.htr iTronhl ELECTS 81
Thomas - wilder. grulE'l go. d, ,,,,,,,.,
Turns cash. IullN NlIldNh,
Admiulstr.tnr Of Ti,Duas y wilder. Dvocasod
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NO MORE coNGLoMERATE.
Pure Water in Reach Of Everyone.

Keep your cisirfus elIBu nui purify the Wnirf
Ulfi leaves SHAW. bug HUI1,r nld inlcr might Hs
veil ~ ntn The fusii tsr iu'u your rttrfu, bot
thcss will accumulate ou fuHf ui aud 90 thrncu ~
Nutir ristcu You rutu Ifut'ui their nsfgu ihiihrf
h, the uHO " a patent f'irr manufactured ~ ihis
civ ~ gcU T. Kulslh Ir H. Will place this
niirr IL un lfinl aud fruu,, ui 10 dies not tcyp
your cistrfn ifrr inJm nI. IWrufiuw.
Telephone No. ~, OF call ai 80 Mississippi Ave
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LEMON GRIFFITH- Wohcrt J. Lemon aud Nc
lie Griffith. both III this city
DIED,

MlLnBERGE R-Saturlby, November 9, 1887, ut
residence " parrnts, Jackson Tenn. ORA A., wife
OF w. i. Wildbcrgcr, ngyd - ycArs,
FuncEll from First Methodist church Mt Jackson,
Tenn, this SUNDAY afternoon at g:iD o'clock.
WOOnSON-M rcsidCurc ~ parents, ON Brccd
love avenue. saturday, November r. lNS1. nj 4"
o'clock pm, ~ diphth1rln MARY ELi2F NEtli, aged
ycars II munths aud days, only daughter Of u,
4 and sophia q. Wool On.
funcml will take place irom residence this sun.
pAND morning ~ = O'Clock. Services ut Elinvood
Cemetery ut O'Clock 10y the Rev. Dr Eugene Dan.
lei.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06

INA And reliable Medicines ara
WV tho b. Y 20 depend upoa-
Aoksrs Blood kiixir has been pro
scribed for years for an Impurities o.
the BLOOD. In every form "a Scrufu
Ions, syplilltio OF Mervuriai DtsosHss
n IN invaluablc For ItnoumsIlsa,
has 10 eouaL
A, RENKERT and BERESTZ a On
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06

KNIVES, forks, spoons, Muliord's.
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IIKE A FAIRY TALE

40 some readers, but the public will I'M
herstand. when they see couple OF negro
chicken thieves tied mp by the thumbs 10
q lamp post some morning, that the league
is nj work, and the members Of the league
well know that this information comes
from No. ~.
NC give these strange details just as We
,ereiyed them. We are unable iO give
the name 81 our informant, for the reason
thai he Aactcd pledge Of secrecy, be-
cause 10 diyulgc his name would be- io min
n blow at the secret character OF the league
itself
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-09
The Ideal War Correspondent.

The ideal war C respondent must be a
man who has among other things the gift
Of tongues. He must speak in addition
to the ordinary European languages some
of the Asiatic, including Afghanistan,
and some African, including Soudanese,
Ashantee, Abyssinian and Zulu. He
must have a lovely temper. amiahle as a
woman and as affable as a candidate
who is c~anvassing for your vote, and at the
same time he must be big and ugly
enough to scare off whole armies. He must
be able 10 ride anything from a giraffe 10
a rat. and he able TO sit in the saddle for
100 miles at a stretch, to go without eat
ing for a week. to write a good, legible
round hand so the clerk at the telegraph
. alton can read il. He must write at the
rate Of a column an hour. and often
write eight columns and then gallop back
to the scene Of action. He must lie able
10 tell every move that is going to he
made and scent a battle long before it
takes place, and then while it is raging
he must tell how it is going and what
will bc the result long before it terinin-
ates. All these accomplishments would
make n man an ideal correspondent, but
there never was such a man. Julius
Caesar would have made a good one il
there had been such men in those days,
and Napoleon the First would have
eclipsed Julius Caesar if he could have
learned to he truthful.-London Cor.
New York Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-09
Which Lead to PerdiIinn.

/ do not believe in bringing up the
young to know life, as il is said. should
just as spn think Of bringing up a child
by cutting some Of the cords Of his body
and decorating his nerves and soaring
and tattooing him and making an Indian
Of him outright as an element Of beauty
as ] should think Of developing his man.
hood by bringing him up to see ife-to
see lis abominable lusts. To see its hideous
~incarnations Of wit, 10 See its Internal
~wickedness, 10 see its e%xtravagant and
degrading scenes, 10 see its miserable car
%nalities. 10 see its imaginations set on fire
Of hell, to see all those temptations and
delusions which lead to perdition. No
body gets over the sight Of these things.
They who see them always carry scars.
They are burned. And though they live,
they live AS men that have been burned.
The scar remains. Henry Ward Beecher
in New York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-09
American Women and Men.

II is a frequent fashion to proclaim the
general vSorthlessne Of American women
from the animal standpoint. They lack
the breadth of back and the massiveness
Of limb observed in lands where wives
pillow with the OK and daughters delve in
the mines. The American woman looks
after her household, rears her children,
makes happy a husband for whom she is
much too good, and in her old age takes
JOY in manly sons and womanly daugh-
tiers. 1t is SANDER to call her incompe-
tent. or say that she falls short in the
measure of duty. when compared to the
women of other lands, whose strength
she has, but whose grossness she lacks.
just now the fashion in talk has
changed. Ii is the man who is the weak
ling, and who is hurrying the nation to
extinction. There is a craze for big b.
ceps and abnormal calves. In all Of
which there is considerable nonsense and
some wisdom. Statistics show that in
America length Of life is increasing. Men
are as healthy and as happy and as capa-
BILE as a hundred years ago. Some strip
lings may go out Of life in a cloud OF
cigarette smoke, but they are not drag
ging the nation toward extinction. and
some Of sound body will le left to bury
the dead, in spite Of the croakcrs who
seem 10 think this continent is develop
ing into a graveyard.-Omaha Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-09
Russian Scientific DISCOVERIES.

For four or five years past Russian
scientific men have been stationed ut or
neal the mouth Of The Lena. carving on
first the work Of ono Of the circumpolar
stations and then engaging in the ex-
plorntion Of the delta and Of a part Of
the large region eastward. They have
made n number Of interesting discover
les. and scientific zeal has been richly re-
war,led even in this apparently dcsolate
country. In the region where the pole
of greatest cold is situated, these cxplor-
ers have collected 400 kinds Of plants.
numerous archaeological specimens and
a large number Of insects and other IN
vertebrate.
Among the mountains that divide the
Lena from the Nana basins Baron Won
Toll obtained six specimens Of mountain
sheep. He has made a special study Of
the fauna Of the sea coast, and the latest
Jews from him was that he was going
with a party Of natives to find a mann
moth which a recent land slide had re-
vealcL. An important feature Of the
work II this party has been the complete
exploration of the large lana river from
its headwatcrs to the sea, including two
OF its alllucuts. New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-09
Electric Headlights Not safe.

sit is my candid opinion said an en-.
gineer ON the st. Paul road, that cleo
trio headlights ON locomotives are not
feasible. The Pyle invention, which is
looked upon with more favor than all
others. is this: The arc is maintained at
the same point, or the focus, by making
the lower elcctrode a stationary copper
rod, while the upper positive elcctrole
consists of the usual carbon, and is rcgu-
lated by suitable mechanism. 1t is
claimed for the invention that the arc is
not only kept at a constant focus by rea-
son of the stationary and non-consuming
negative pole. but by means of a steady
ing and guiding arm, embracing the
electrode near the arc, all lateral play or
vibration is prevented and the arc is
maintained laterally in fixed position.
We have been experimenting with a
view to adapting the electric light TO To-
connective headlights. 1t has already
caused us one smashup. the presence Of
the dynamo machine on the footboard Of
the engine, having had the effect of de-
moralizing the timepieces of both engineer
and engine. The locomotives themselves
became magnetized and contrary. can.
other thing against the adoption of the
electric light On trains is that it will make
engineers nervous. You never heard of
lightning striking a train of cars running
at full speed. No amount of argument
could convince an engineer that an cleo
trio light in front of his engine would
prove anything hut a menac to his train
in a thunderstorm. Most locomotive en-
gineers are supcrstitious, and they look
with suspicion upon any kind of tinkering
with the present mechanism of the iron
horse. Chicago Herald.